16 looks very kind; 10 looks fun to hang out with... *musing*

Agreed. I saw a Siamese face down a Golden Retriever. Of course, 1. Siamese and derivatives think they're dogs anyway, 2. the cat was less than eight pounds and the Retriever was old and arthritic, but by Jove that dog had wandered into my apartment and my cat was not having this. Or letting me get around him to…

You can't get laser hair removal unless you have pale skin and dark hair. The laser works with light frequency, and the color of the hair and the skin has to be sufficiently different for the laser to affect one and not the other. Otherwise, the skin gets burned. Reputable laser removal professionals will not work…

OMG IS THAT SONG JOONG-KI??? From Sunkyunkwan Scandal??? O how I love him... (Why yes, I am half a year late to this post. It's not my fault. As soon as I figure out why it's not my fault I will tell you.) Aw, he looks so innocent in that second shot...

They didn't try to mask it with so much floral essence back then. And I like to think it's less carcinogenic now, but I have no proof. (I live to serve. ;-) )

Don't answer. Oh god. It's rhetorical. Sort of rhetorical. WHYYY???

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT??

Rotten chemical eggs. It used to be worse in the 80s and 90s — it's actually much better now, but will still stink up a floor of your home.

Yes. There is something wrong with it.

I am black. My skin is dark and my hair is curly — that is to say, lots of melanin leads to hyperpigmentation (big black splotches) and curly hair leads to ingrown hairs, with all the requisite scarring and pimpling and digging out and BLEEDING that entails. (Hey, you asked.)

My…

HA hA! Oh my god, I have seen this picture several times today, online and in papers, and NEVER registered Grinning Dude until just now. And I am afraid of him.

Yes. It affects actual perception. (Don't get me started on the Western portrayal of East Asian characters in entertainment aimed at kids.)

THANK YOU.

With very few expections, human eyes are almond shaped — elongated ovally things coming to a slight point on either side.

I think this sort of thing is a defense mechanism. If he's been told all his life that he should want to sleep with women, this is probably a pushback/contrarianism. (Did you say this was college? If so, I hope it's a phase.)

I think it's Ta-Nehisi Coates who points out that suffering is not inherently ennobling. …

Nobody said it's right when it happens to men either. It's horrible to tell an eight year old boy that he's not allowed to cry or show emotions.

Do you think that having it constantly societally reinforced that your worth is low-to-nonexistent doesn't affect how you will treat other people in your own category?

Good.

We are all marinating in the same racist culture. It's still not like self-hate is HELPFUL to minorities.

Let's face it — we all get a pass when we're old.

I would agree with that completely un-ironically.

No, we are talking about black teens getting shot and their shooters getting a free pass to do so. This is dual-part phenomenon we're discussing.